Boston University

Chronology of Coverage

Mar. 24, 2015

Ten freshman hockey players at Boston University, under guidance of coach David Quinn, have helped revive school's hockey program following 2013 season that was worst in 51 years; team has won 21 games and is poised for No 3 seed in NCAA tournament. MORE

Feb. 16, 2015

David Carr Media Equation column, in last one under his byline, features excerpts from Boston University media journalism class syllabus taught by Carr, who died suddenly at age 58; students reminisce about Carr's demanding yet caring approach and his dedication to profession of journalism. MORE

Feb. 10, 2015

Women’s Beanpot hockey tournament, started by Harvard coach Joe Bertagna in 1979, is not as well-known as men's tournament but is growing in stature; Boston College, Boston University, Harvard and Northeastern have Division I women's hockey teams that are starting to get more attention and equal treatment by athletic departments. MORE

Oct. 3, 2014

Jack Eichel is set to begin his freshman hockey season at Boston University, and is already being compared to hockey greats like Mike Modano and Mario Lemieux; is expected to be chosen first or second in 2015 NHL draft, along with Conor McDavid, his better-known rival from Canada. MORE

Nov. 23, 2013

Connecticut beats Boston University, 96-38, in women's college basketball. MORE

Mar. 25, 2013

The Minnesota women’s hockey team completed their season undefeated in winning the N.C.A.A. title on Sunday, and have won 49 straight games stretching back to last season. MORE

Mar. 24, 2013

UMass-Lowell beats Boston University, 1-0, to win Hockey East tournament; game marks end of Boston University coach Jack Parker's 40-year career. MORE

Mar. 18, 2013

Profile of Boston University men's hockey coach Jack Parker, who is retiring after 40 seasons; Parker's 895 victories are the most by a hockey coach at one college. MORE

Mar. 16, 2013

Jack Parker, Boston University’s hockey coach for 40 years, is calling it a career after this season. MORE

Mar. 11, 2013

Elliot Driben, who suffers from cerebral palsy, has attended more than 5,000 Boston University sporting events and has earned honors and reciprocal loyalty from the university community. MORE

Oct. 6, 2012

Analysis reflects on the passing of former Boston University president John R Silber, who believed that college football coaches held too much power, and proposed in 1972 that none of them be allowed to coach on game day; notes that his theory identified an issue in college athletics that became more pertinent, more obvious, in the four decades that followed. MORE

Mar. 9, 2012

Boston University president Robert Brown forms task force to investigate the culture and climate of men's hockey program in wake of the arrests of center Corey Trivino and defenseman Max Nicastro on sexual assault charges; both players, who pleaded not guilty to the charges, were kicked off the team and are no longer enrolled at the university. MORE

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March 29, 2015, Sunday

Danny O’Regan scored 7 minutes 27 seconds into overtime to give Boston University a 3-2 victory over Yale in the first round of the Northeast Regional in the N.C.A.A. hockey tournament in Manchester, N.H.

Mr. Carr, who died Thursday, was a funny, demanding, optimistic teacher of reporters-to-be at Boston University, and his syllabus distills his sense of an unfolding digital age. Excerpts here serve as the final Media Equation column under his byline.